A joke spread online during the epidemic (疫情) that “No one should go out until Zhong Nanshan said you can,” which reflects Chinese people’s trust in him.

The trust has existed for 17 years, going back to when Zhong told the public about the facts on the SARS virus, pointing out that the epidemic was far from being controlled as there was still no clue about the cause of and treatment to the disease.

17 years later, he stood between the epidemic and the public, once again.

As a professional expert in medicine, he once said his words might embarrass his colleagues, but he had to tell the truth. “I think patients’ lives are the most important thing.”

Zhong said his father had told him to speak the truth ever since he was a child.

In the backdrop of great fame and high reputation, he said that “I am nothing but a medical worker.”

Wuhan has gripped the hearts of people throughout the country since the outbreak the virus. Zhong said with a hoarse voice that “with the help of the entire country, Wuhan can survive this difficult time as it is a heroic city.”

He has expressed sympathy to the medical workers fighting on the frontline of epidemic control.

Jean Paul Getty was born in 1892 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He became a millionaire when he was only 24. His father was wealthy, but he did not help his son. Getty made his millions alone. He made his money from oil. He owned Getty Oil and over 100 other companies. The Fortune magazine once called Getty “the richest man in the world.”

But money did not buy happiness for Getty. He married five times and divorced five times. He had five children but spent little time with them. None of Getty’s children had very happy lives.

Getty loved to make money and loved to save it. In spite of his great wealth, Getty was a miser. Every evening, he wrote down every cent he spent that day. He even put pay telephone in the guest’s bedrooms in his house so he could save money on phone bills.

In 1973, kidnappers(绑匪) took his 16-year-old grandson, and demanded a large amount of money for his safe return. Getty’s son asked his father for money to save his child. But Getty refused. The kidnappers were merciless and Getty’s son made repeated requests for help from his father. Finally, Getty agreed to lend the money, but at 4 percent interest.

Getty started a museum at his home Malibu, California. He bought many important and beautiful pieces of art for the museum. When Getty died in 1976, the value of the collection in the museum was $1 billion. He left all his money to the museum. After his death, the museum grew in size. Today it is one of the most important museums in the United States. Getty made a large fortune in his life, but he gave his money to the art world because he wanted people to learn about and love art.

In ancient China lived an artist     1     paintings were almost lifelike. The artist’s reputation had made him proud. One day the emperor wanted to get his portrait (画像) done so he called all great artists to come and present their     2     (fine) work, so that he could choose the best. The artist was sure he would     3     (choose), but when he presented his masterpiece to the emperor’s chief minister, the old man laughed. The wise old man told him to travel to the Li River—perhaps he could learn a little from the greatest artist in the world.

8 . Margaret Ann Bulkley was born around 1789, in Ireland. She had big dreams. “I want to be a doctor!” But two hundred years ago a girl couldn’t become a doctor. Her uncle, James Barry, was a great painter. And his friend General Miranda had a library with more than 6,000 books. Margaret loved reading there. Her intelligence impressed him. Years later, her uncle James Barry died, leaving her some money. It was enough to study to be a doctor. “But a girl can’t become a doctor,” said Margaret sadly.

“Yes, you can!” said General Miranda. “All you have to do is to disguise as a boy.” Margaret really wanted to be a doctor. So she cut off her long hair, practiced speaking in a deep voice, and put on boy’s clothes. She also named herself James Barry. From then on, Margaret Ann Bulkley disappeared. She became James Barry and entered Edinburgh University. He took 13 subjects and worked all through the summer when the other students went on holiday.

Barry graduated in 1812 and decided to join the British Army. In his life, Dr. James Barry travelled all over the world, helping to save many lives. Before retirement, Barry had risen to the second highest medical officer in the British Army. Barry improved the conditions for not only wounded soldiers but also the local people, and performed the first recorded successful caesarean section (剖宫产) in Africa. The secret Dr. James Barry kept for over fifty years was only known after his death in 1865.

9 . Chinese sprinter Su Bingtian made history in the Tokyo Olympics by setting the new Asian record for men’s 100m at 9.83 seconds in the semifinal and finishing sixth in the final at 9.98 seconds.

There used to be a wrong view that no Asian sprinter can finish 100m within 10 seconds. Su proved people wrong with his performance. “I never thought we couldn’t do it, but there were some problems with our understanding of training before. Now we can do it by finishing at 9.83 seconds. That’s the best proof to beat such wrong view,” said Su to China News Service (CNS).

Su believes scientific training plays a key role in his success. “I realize that running as much as possible does not necessarily help you run faster. Scientific training attaches more importance to the applying of techniques and requires you to do it right instead of doing it a lot. In that way, athletes can save more strength in training and recover faster,” said Su. According to Su, he did not understand some of the moves coaches asked him to do when he went to train abroad at the beginning. His coach made detailed research on Su’s condition based on “champion model” from the start before arranging specific training sessions for Su to work on. It took him years to realize the importance of scientific training. "That’s why I chose to change how I started off at the end of 2014 and gained a new running pace. And it played a key role in the process of making breakthrough, said Su.

When asked if there will be another “Su Bingtian” in the future, Su’s answer was “Yes, 100 percent.” “People in the future can definitely do what I can do. I’m looking forward to seeing they can do it better than me. All records are to be broken,” said Su.

Some foreign people want to know     1     Zhang Guimei is a role model. She has committed her life to improving girls’ education in a remote, mountainous region in Yunnan Province by starting China’s first free high school for female students. Her story     2     (write) into a book—Brief History of the People’s Republic of China last year. It described her as a moral model who used love and wisdom to help thousands of rural     3     (girl) realize their dreams. Millions of people were moved by her story.